The War of Resistance

Shang Zhen and the others arrived at Wujiapo at dusk. As a veteran, the first thing they did was to conduct reconnaissance and observe the terrain.

"Is that okay? Do you need to take a break and eat something?" Captain Zhang of the Eighth Route Military Region team asked.

"Don't eat now. It will be dark when you eat, so you won't be able to see anything." Shang Zhen replied.

Then he led the veterans Qian Chuan'er, Hou Hanshan, Shen Mugen, Da Laoben, and Bian Xiaolong with his own weapons and began to circle around the Wujia Slope from a distance.

Seeing spirit in the smallest details, Shang Zhen's move aroused the admiration of the soldiers in the district team.

You know, they marched for more than forty miles to get here.

When he first came out of Liuji, Shang Zhen brought two carriages, and those two carriages are still there.

But if a horse is pulling dozens of people, the horse's speed won't be much faster.

Shang Zhen took his veterans on foot. When he got tired, he would replace them with soldiers from the district team and get on the carriage to rest for a while.

So during these dozens of miles, Shang Zhen and his veterans walked more.

But now that he had arrived at his destination, Shang Zhen started circling and investigating again without stopping.

You know, compared with the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the combat quality of the so-called district squad may be much worse, but in terms of physical strength, since everyone is a worker, they are not bad.

Everyone in the district team is exhausted. Seeing that Shang Zhen and the others still have such physical strength, who doesn't admire them?

"Let's go, I'll go with you." Seeing that Xu Lang was tired from the journey, Wang Chuan didn't take the initiative to ask for help, and the captain of the district team also followed.

"You are different from other national troops. You have the same iron feet as our main force of the Eighth Route Army." Wang Chuan praised as he walked with Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen seemed to be smiling, but didn't answer.

In fact, Shang Zhen and the others also took advantage of the situation.

The so-called trick does not mean that they walked less, but that they all wore leggings when they came out. It was just because they wore pants outside, so they couldn't see it!

Only those who have experienced long-distance marches know how useful leggings are.

Today's Chinese troops, whether they are the National Army, the Eighth Route Army, or the Japanese Army, all wear leggings.

Gaiters have many functions. For example, they keep your trouser legs from hanging when walking through bushes. They can be taken off at critical moments and can be used as ropes. One of the important things is that they can relieve fatigue during long-distance marches.

After all, human physical strength is limited. For example, if it can be divided into normal march, emergency march, and forced march, the difference between wearing leggings or not is huge.

I won’t go into the specific scientific principles, but will only talk about the results. After the march, the fatigue of the calves of people who wear leggings is much lower than that of people who don’t wear leggings. Even people who don’t wear leggings may feel tired after arriving at their destination. I had to fall down because of discomfort in my legs.

Seeing that Shang Zhen didn't answer, Qian Chuan'er smiled: "That's right, we walked all the way from outside the pass to the inside. I think there were only seven or eight of us at the beginning, but this time we accounted for three."

In the words, Qian Chuan'er is quite similar.

"How far is that?" Bian Xiaolong asked curiously from the side.

Bian Xiaolong has never been to the three northeastern provinces, so he naturally doesn't know how far he has to go after passing through Shanhaiguan from outside the customs and entering the customs.

"That's a long way away!" Qian Chuan'er became more and more proud, "There are always places thousands of miles away, right?"

When Qian Chuan'er said this, Bian Xiaolong admired him very much, and Wang Chuan also smiled.

"Seeing as you are also a veteran, how far have you marched?" Qian Chuan'er asked Wang Chuandao with some arrogance.

"Me?" Wang Chuan rubbed his nose and smiled.

"Tell me, tell me, your Eighth Route Army was pretty good at marching." Qian Chuan'er had a lot to say.

"The farthest I've ever traveled was quite a long time. It seems to be more than 20,000 miles, right?" Wang Chuan showed an air of uncertainty.

It's just that he opened his mouth for more than 20,000 miles, which not only shocked Qian Chuan'er, but also Shang Zhen and Hou Kanshan.

Then the three oldest people looked at each other, and then suddenly realized something. Shang Zhen asked tentatively: "Red Army?"

If what Wang Chuan said just now that he had traveled more than 20,000 miles really surprised Qian Chuan'er, Shang Zhen and the others, then now Shang Zhen actually mentioned the "Red Army" directly, which also surprised Wang Chuan. He I couldn't help but give Shang Zhen a thumbs up and looked at Shang Zhen very highly.

But think about it, Shang Zhen is the lover of their comrade Leng Xiaozhi, and to be able to win Leng Xiaozhi's heart even though he looks unremarkable, he must have insights and methods beyond ordinary people.

"Your Northeast Army actually knows about the Red Army. This is really not easy. Did you listen to Comrade Leng Xiaozhi?" Shang Zhen aroused Wang Chuan's curiosity.

"That's not true. I heard her mention it. But we happened to be in Xi'an on Double Twelve that year, so we knew something about your Red Army at that time." Shang Zhen replied.

"Oh, that's it." Wang Chuan suddenly realized.

As for what the Double Twelve Incident was, everyone who knows it knows that it was after that incident that China gradually formed a united front against Japan.

At that time, it was the Communist Party of China that came to Xi'an for mediation. At that time, the armed forces of the Communist Party of China were still called the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army arrived in Shaanxi after the 25,000-mile Long March that shocked China and the world, and Wang Chuan was one of them.

In fact, Shang Zhen and his people know a lot about the Chinese Communist Party, not to mention that they were directly involved in the incident.

But Shang Zhen would not mention this kind of thing even to Wang Chuan.

Shang Zhen and his people had discussed the Long March of the Red Army in private. At that time, they had already walked from the outside of the Great Wall to the inside of the Great Wall and then to Shaanxi.

They are all pilgrims, to be honest, pilgrims are different from pilgrims.

For those who walk a few dozen miles, it is hard to imagine that Shang Zhen and his group can walk from the three northeastern provinces through Shanhaiguan and all the way to the inside of the Great Wall.

And for those who walked from the outside of the Great Wall to the inside of the Great Wall, it is also hard to imagine that such a ragged army can climb snow-capped mountains and walk through grasslands across most of China under the siege of hundreds of thousands of opponents.

You can't do it, but others have done it, you can't help but admit it!

Because he was surprised by the Long March of the Red Army, Wang Laomao also made a conclusion, saying that there is no crime that people cannot suffer.

But Wang Laomao's words were refuted by Chen Hanwen.

Chen Hanwen said at the time that they were not doing it to survive, they were doing it for the power of faith!

Although Chen Hanwen was once again ridiculed by the veterans after he said this, everyone vaguely felt that Chen Hanwen was right.

Shang Zhen and his men were talking while circling Wujia Slope. Of course, they couldn't get too close to Wujia Slope. Who knew if the bandits on Wujia Slope had set up sentries?

As they had learned from the intelligence, the south side of Wujia Slope was flat with a road up the mountain, and the other three sides were very steep.

But if it was just that, it would be fine. But the mountain was a stone mountain, and there were rocks on the steep slope that were abrupt and steep like a mirror, so how could people climb up?

Shang Zhen and his men were just observing around, but when they reached the north side of Wujia Slope, they suddenly heard two gunshots from Wujia Slope!